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Claudia Bank @cbank.bsky.social · 1d

Please spread the word! 10 days left to apply for this #sciencejobs as Assistant Professor Tenure Track in Quantitative Cell Biology 👩‍🔬
@izb-unibern.bsky.social @unibe.ch! ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
#QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED

Uni Bern: Assistant Professor with tenure-track for Quantitative Cell Biology

Start date of employment: anticipated for August 2027

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Erik Bakkeren @erikbakkeren.bsky.social · 1d

Note it in your calendars! Aug 3-5, 2026. Excited to bring back MEEHubs to a hub near you (Switzerland, USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, or virtual only)‼️

MEEhubs @meehubs.bsky.social · 1d

We’re back! ✨ The next #MeeHubs26 is coming with 7 hubs across the globe and incredible lineups at each. Can’t wait to share more soon! meehubs.org

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Marjon de Vos @lizscurious.bsky.social · 12d

Leuk interview met voormalig PhD student Lars Zandbergen over zijn promotie onderzoek in NRC.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Is je blaas steriel? ‘Er leven wel honderd soorten bacteriën die elkaar beïnvloeden’

Jong geleerd: Ook in onze blaas leeft een complexe gemeenschap van microben. Hun onderlinge interacties hebben invloed op onze gezondheid, maar ook op antibioticaresistentie.

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · Sep 5

Assistant Professor position in the Microbiome Engineering group (Prof Sahar El Aidy) at University of Amsterdam

Assistant Professor in Microbiome Imaging and Functional Analysis
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Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Microbiome Imaging and Functional Analysis

Are you pioneering molecular tools and applying advanced imaging strategies to uncover how microbial communities are organized and interact in space and time? If so, we invite you to join The Swammerd...

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Michael Manhart @michaelmanhart.bsky.social · Sep 2

I am recruiting a Ph.D. student in microbial ecology, evolution, and systems biology for fall 2026. Please share!
Details: qevomicrolab.org/Documents/Gr...
Apply by October 1 here: forms.gle/38pPS1Ky84HB...

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Meike Wortel @meikewortel.bsky.social · Jul 26

But now we show it in very similar strains, we wonder "How does this affect evolutionary paths?". For that you have to wait for the next article! Thanks to my co-authors and the reviewers, whose reviews have made us understand our data better and really improved our article: doi.org/10.1128/mbio...

Density-dependent feedback limits the spread of beta-lactamase mutants: experimental observations and population dynamic model | mBio

Since the discovery of penicillin, β-lactam antibiotics have become the most widely used antibiotics to treat bacterial infections. Their applicability is decreasing because bacteria evolve resistance...

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Meike Wortel @meikewortel.bsky.social · Jul 26

The other nice thing is: these strains were only two mutations apart; mutations affecting the beta-lactamase TEM1. That means: costs for resistance only from TEM1 mutations are enough to sustain coexistence. For larger changes, such as with and without plasmids, coexistence was shown before.

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Meike Wortel @meikewortel.bsky.social · Jul 26

I very much like the part that we were able to use a population dynamic model with only measured parameters and predict quite accurately at which antibiotic concentrations and cell densities the strains would coexist! This suggests that we were capturing the most important interactions in our model.

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Meike Wortel @meikewortel.bsky.social · Jul 26

After a mutation makes E. coli more resistant to cefotaxime, can it coexist with its less resistant ancestor? In collaboration (Philip Ruelens, Arjan de Visser, Eline de Ridder): with measurements of growth, detoxification, and death rates we can predict coexistence.
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Density-dependent feedback limits the spread of beta-lactamase mutants: experimental observations and population dynamic model | mBio

Since the discovery of penicillin, β-lactam antibiotics have become the most widely used antibiotics to treat bacterial infections. Their applicability is decreasing because bacteria evolve resistance...

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Meike Wortel @meikewortel.bsky.social · Jul 25

It was fun to record videos for the Economic Principles in Cell Biology MOOC ... coming this fall!

Jürgen Zanghellini @juergenzanghellini.bsky.social · Jul 25

🎬 Hollywood called, but @meikewortel.bsky.social said: “I’m booked – starring in Economic Principles in Cell Biology: The Sequel.”

Catch her and the rest of the cast at the @univie.ac.at summer school 👉 @economic-cell.bsky.social 🎥🌱📚

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Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social · Jul 24

We are looking for a postdoc to join our group to work on an ERC funded project on avian reproductive microbiomes. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
Please RT! #microbes #microbiomes #sparrows #postdoc

Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...

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Economic Principles in Cell Biology @economic-cell.bsky.social · Jul 7

There is still time to join us for engaging lectures and provoking discussions at our Summer School on Economic Principles of Cell Biology - at least online! Mark your calendars, July 23-26, and register here: univienna.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: univie: summer school Economic Principles in Cell Biology. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

You can find the lecture schedule at: https://principlescellphysiology.org/summer-school-2025/schedule.html

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Meike Wortel @meikewortel.bsky.social · Jul 5

Postdoc in Experimental Evolution available at the University of Alberta with collaborators in our exciting HFSP project on predicting evolution in Candida communities! I Apply this month 🧫🥼📈 apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Experimental Evolution - [email protected]

University of Alberta: [email protected]

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Daniel Tamarit @danieltamarit.bsky.social · May 14

New vacancy in my team!

PhD student position on microbial genome evolution, focusing on the evolutionary principles underlying bacterial genome architecture.

Please repost and share with talented MSc students in #evobio, bioinformatics or related :)

www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

#MEvoSky #MicroSky

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Bram van Dijk 🏳️‍🌈 @bramvandijk.bsky.social · May 9

🧩 PhD Position – Origins of Darwinian Inheritance 🧩

This joint PhD project between the @rug.nl (Rampal Etienne & Martijn Egas) and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (Bram van Dijk) explores how simple prebiotic systems could evolve reliable information transfer.

Apply here: shorturl.at/WgYMF

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Sonja Lehtinen @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social · Apr 28

Come work with us! We're looking of postdoc(s) with experience in bacterial genomics and interest in mathematical modelling to work on bacterial ecology and evolution in the context of public health. tinyurl.com/n34vzszu

Opportunités de carrière : Postdoctoral researcher in bacterial genomics (22209)

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Meike Wortel @meikewortel.bsky.social · Apr 22

I'm glad to have recommended this very nice (and my first) paper for @peercommunityin.bsky.social . The nice (and thorough) reviewers, authors and PCI support didn't make my job hard. It was a good experience! (I could recommend it 😀) doi.org/10.24072/pci...

‘Goldilocks’-size extensively annotated model for Escherichia co...

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Peter Lind @peteralind.bsky.social · Mar 13

We have a 2-year postdoc position available in the Lind Lab at Umeå University, Sweden! Predicting and steering experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Reposts appreciated.
umu.varbi.com/en/?jobtoken...

Postdoctor, 2 years, in predicting the evolution of antibiotic resistance

The Department of Molecular Biology seeks a postdoctoral researcher who will work with forecasting and steering experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance. The employment is full-time for two yea

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Jürgen Zanghellini @juergenzanghellini.bsky.social · Jan 28

🎥 Behind the scenes with @diana-sz.bsky.social shooting for the Economic Principles in Cell Biology summer school 🌱📚

Join us this July for cutting-edge lectures & interactive blended learning!

📢 Register epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...

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Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social · Jan 17

Join us for the Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology (NLSEB) annual meeting - April 8 in Ede, NL. Great keynote speakers and sure to be a fun day. Abstract submissions now open!
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Economic Principles in Cell Biology @economic-cell.bsky.social · Jan 20

It is true, we are coming back for the 4th Summer School "Economic Principles in Cell Biology" from July 23-26th 2025!
Register to join us in Vienna or remotely epcp.univie.ac.at/summer-schoo...

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Liedewij Laan @liedewijlaan.bsky.social · Nov 13

PhD position in bottom-up synthetic biology, where you will couple regulation to sensing in synthetic cells. Apply if you have a quantitative mind set and like working in a collaborative, creative, pionieering and social team.
Please share, deadline nov 22

www.academictransfer.com/en/346627/ph...

PhD Position Coupling Sensing to Intracellular Organization in Synthetic Cells

Join a cutting-edge research team and vibrant consortium to experimentally explore how synthetic cells dynamically respond to external signals.Job description To sense, a (synthetic) cell needs to dyn...

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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · Oct 26

New preprint up! We sequenced hundreds of samples from across one of Earth's oldest living organisms - the Pando aspen clone - to understand how mutations accumulate and spread in long-lived clonal organisms. Our results were…surprising. 1/30

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Anna Heintz-Buschart @a-h-b.bsky.social · Oct 24

Microbes are everywhere, but postdocs are hard to find: apply before the end of the month: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis

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Detmer Sipkema @detmersipkema.bsky.social · Oct 18

Hi all, I'm currently recruiting a PhD student who would like to use AI&Bioinformatics to discover the secrets how to grow bacteria that are currently uncultivable...
Please repost.
Applications can be done through the website only:
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

PhD project: Metabolic Modelling and Cultivation of Bacteria from Marine Sponges

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